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                                              Our History

                                              _1996 – BRC Incorporated
                                              1997- Trail easements started for the Brownstone Trail
                                              1999 – First Executive Director hired
                                              2000 – Corny Beachland purchase in partnership with the Town of Bell
                                              2001 – First private land protection at Lewis Lake, +300 acres
                                              2002 – Big Ravine Trail completed
                                              2003 – Farmland Preservation Program began with two farms
                                              2004 – First land acquisition along the White River
                                              2005 – First Mt. Ashwabay Ski Hill land purchase in partnership with Ashwabay Outdoor Education Foundation
                                              2005 – Nourse Sugar Bush (at Mt. Ashwabay) land purchase
                                              2006 – Plum Creek property acquired at Mt. Ashwabay in partnership with Bayfield County Forestry
                                              2008 – Lost Creek Bog land purchase – annexed to Lost Creek Bog State Natural Area
                                              2009 – Houghton Falls Nature Preserve purchased in partnership with Town of Bayview and Trust for Public Land
                                              2010 – First Marengo River land protection protection project
                                              2011 – Frog Bay purchase to become Frog Bay Tribal National Park
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                                              “One touch of nature makes the
                                                                              whole world kin”
                                                                  ~ William Shakespeare

                                              _Bayfield Regional Conservancy ~ 33 N. 1st Street, Bayfield, WI 54814 ~ 715.779.5263 ~ brc@brcland.org
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